Improvement in sheep-shears



A. H. KENNEDY. SHEEP SHEARS.

No. 52 293. T Patented Jamso, 1866 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE v IMPROVEMENT 1N SH EEP-SH EARS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 52,293, dated January 30, 1866.

To all whom it may concern;- 4 Be it known that-I, ALBERT H. KENNEDY,

of Brunswick, in the county of Medina, in the State of Ohio, have invented a new and 'Improved Mode ot' Shearing'Wool from Sheep, which I callth e Kennedy Sheep-Shearer, and I do hereby declare thatthe following is a full and exact description thereof, reference so that sheep can be-shorn with great facility and ease. v I

To enable others skilled in the art .to make and use my inventiou,.l will proceed-t0 dcscribe its construction and operation.

I construct the frame-work of the machine of wood, iron, or other metal, as in the drawing, (marked B,) a band 'runningover the driving'wheel of the machine and running around a pulley at the end of the arm'of the machihe,(marked 0,) and attached to the arm of the machine is a spiral spring, of iron, steel, copper, or-other metal most suitable for the urposeQ (Marked D.)' r

Attached to the spiral spring are the shears. (Marked E.) Attached to't'he other end of the arm is another spiralspring, which supports the arm of the machine, thereby giving a flexible motion to it. U a Spiral spring marked 1) has a rotary flexible motion.

The shears, (marked G6,) when attached to the machine 'by the spiral spring,.hasa horizontal motion, by means of which the wool is outwith great facility-and power.

What-I claim as my invention is.

; The combination and construction of the] machine and shears and the application of the power necessary to shear wool from sheep, and. which will produce the intended eifect.

. p ALBERT H. KENNEDY.

Witnesses:- I

H. G. BLAKE, W. KENNEDY. 

